Cup

MS1447

From: Italy | Etruria | Toscanella

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS1447
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Toscanella
Locus Toscanella Tomb
Date Made 699-600BC
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Stemmed bowl. Fabric like MS1434 but thicker. Bowl irregularly fired - reddish blotches on dark brown to black surface. Core reddish brown to dirty buff. 2 low loop handles. Decoration an incised stitch pattern recalling rope of leather work, in the shape of irregular inverted triangles, perhaps meant to be continuous around the bowl. Large piece missing from the rim at one of the handles, foot partly broken off.

Height 11.5 cm
Outside Diameter 11.3 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; Subscription of John Wanamaker, 1896
Other Number 1028 - Other Number

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